PARIS LEES

The Eighties are back as bigots focus their hatred on trans people

WE NEED YOUR HELP. Newspapers are bullying trans people in the same way that they bullied gay people in the lead-up to Section 28. “Fury at BBC sex-change show for six-year-olds” screamed the Mail On Sunday’s front page recently. Other tabloids were quick to jump on the “story”.

The fuss? A CBBC programme called Just a Girl, about an 11-year-old trans girl who takes puberty blockers. It’s not an advert for gender transition; it just describes what her life is like.

About Attitude

On the cover, the new queen of pop Christine and the Queens talks sexuality, subversion, Michael Jackson… and Trump!
Elsewhere in this issue: from courtroom battles to the Strictly ballroom with Judge Rinder; Sweden’s siren Tove Lo on sex, drugs and pop music; Do throuples work? Millennial sexuality in the spotlight; and The Pass star Arinze Kene on the taboo of gay footballers.